Inventory & Monitoring (I&M)
![NPS biologists at an alpine vegetation sampling plot in Rocky Mountain National Park NPS biologists at an alpine vegetation sampling plot in Rocky Mountain National Park](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130213215911im_/http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/assets/images/slideshow/romo_alpine_field_crew_slide.jpg)
![Ozone sampling at Stones River National Battlefield Ozone sampling at Stones River National Battlefield](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130213215911im_/http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/assets/images/slideshow/cupn_ozone_slide.jpg)
![Marine biologist Bob Waara performing underwater sampling at Dry Tortugas National Par Marine biologist Bob Waara performing underwater sampling at Dry Tortugas National Park](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130213215911im_/http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/assets/images/slideshow/Rob_Waara_dry_tortugas_NP_slide.jpg)
![NPS drip-torch fire team at work during a prescribed burn operation at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site NPS drip-torch fire team at work during a prescribed burn operation at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130213215911im_/http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/assets/images/slideshow/knife_river_indian_villages_fireteam_slide.jpg)
![Fish biologists netting fish at Ebey's Landing National Historic Reserve Fish biologists netting fish at Ebey's Landing National Historic Reserve](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130213215911im_/http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/assets/images/slideshow/fish_sampling_crew_ebey's_landing_NHS_slide.jpg)
![Airplanes and snowmobile used for moose sampling effort at Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve Airplanes and snowmobile used for moose sampling effort at Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130213215911im_/http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/assets/images/slideshow/yukon_charley_moose_planes_slide.jpg)
Inventory & Monitoring in Parks (I&M)
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National Park managers across the country are confronted with complex and challenging issues that require a broad-based understanding about the status and trends of park natural resources.
As part of the National Park Service's efforts to improve park management through the greater reliance on scientific knowledge, the Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program collects, organizes, analyzes, and synthesizes natural resource data and information, and provides the results in a variety of useful formats. More »»
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I&M Receives Landscape Ecology Award!
![USIALE Award Website Page USIALE Award Website Page](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130213215911im_/http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/assets/images/report_web_screenshots/US_IALE_Award_2012.jpg)
Distinguished Landscape Practitioner Award from the US Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE) recognizes I&M for its significant contributions in the applications of landscape ecology to real-world problems.
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Swimming Long into the Future -
Keeping Tabs on Pacific Island Tropical Fish
Pika Monitoring at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho
A History of Desert Tortoise Research in Saguaro National Park
![Desert Tortoise at Saguaro National Park Desert Tortoise at Saguaro National Park](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130213215911im_/http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/assets/images/desert_tortoise.png)
A summary of the results of recent studies of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) conducted in Saguaro National Park
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